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Recent Climatic Fluctuations

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SOME researches have been carried out in order to elucidate recent climatic fluctuations. Maps have been constructed, showing for the whole earth : (1) the extension of severe winters and mild winters, cool summers and warm summers, cold years and warm years ; and (2) the difference T(1911–40)T(1881–1910) , R(1911–40)R1981–1910 and P(1911–40)P(1981–1910) respectively ; T, R and P are the normals of temperature, rainfall and pressure for the periods 1881–1910 and 1911–40, January, July and year.

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LYSGAARD, L. Recent Climatic Fluctuations. Nature 161, 442–443 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161442b0

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